Te Kei
85 Castle Street
PO Box 341
DUNEDIN
New Zealand
Phone +64 3 474 0709
5 September 2022
John Homer
By email: [email address]
Tēnā koe John
Information Request – OIA-F3549891 - 62a Young Street St Kilda Dunedin
I refer to your official information request dated 29 August 2022 asking for a copy of the Incident
Report for OIA-F3549891 - 62a Young Street St Kilda Dunedin
.
In accordance with the provisions of the Official Information Act 1982 (“OIA”), I
enclose the SMS
Incident Report. Some personal information has been withheld to protect the privacy of natural
persons under section 9(2)(a) of the OIA. We do not consider that there is a public interest in the
release of the information which outweighs withholding it.
Please note the SMS Incident Report provided to you is generated by Fire and Emergency New
Zealand’s electronic station management system (SMS Report). In SMS Reports, ‘Notifications’ and
‘Message Log’ fields are reported in real time as fire crews and our communication centres
communicate with each other during the incident. They are not the official final records of
incidents but word for word transcripts of ‘live’ situations as they occur. They may contain spelling
errors or commonly used abbreviations.
Also of note, the SMS Incident Report is not yet complete. Due to the current industrial action
undertaken by New Zealand Professional Firefighters Union, it wil take time to finalise the report.
However, we have decided to share the report with you as it stands at this time, and this
document is enclosed. It is possible that information in the report may change, or more
information may be added, before a final version is generated.
You have the right to seek an investigation and review by the Ombudsman of this decision.
Information about how to make a complaint is available
at www.ombudsman.parliament.nz or
freephone 0800 802 602.
Mike Grant
Region Manager Te Kei
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